The company was also recently targeted by a separate phishing attack, in which a fake eBay login page attempted to collect people’s details.

The Currys PC World website is unaffected.

Protecting your account

Cyber security expert Graham Cluley said the scam – known as a homograph attack – exploits the close similarity between two different characters or letters.

He said: “For instance, a lower case “l” for lima looks very much like an upper case “I” for India in many fonts.

“For years, scammers have been duping unsuspecting internet users into clicking on dangerous links by using this simple technique and, by the sound of things, are fooling users into paying the wrong PayPal accounts too.”

Mr Cluley said the best way for people to stop scammers was to protect their accounts with two-factor authentication, which adds an extra layer of protection.

“You can also run a password manager which stores your passwords securely and protects against phishing attacks. And keep a close eye on your accounts for unusual transactions,” he said.